Mold for making articles of felt



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MOLD FOR MAKING ARTICLES OF FELT. No. 281,329. Patented July 174- 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL G. ALEXANDER, OF EAST SAGIN AW, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR Ol TWO THIRDS TO POLGY WHIPPLE, OF REED CITY, MICHIGAN.

OF SAME PLACE, AND LOTTIE A. TRUMP,

MOLD FOR MAKING ARTICLES OF'FELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,329, dated July 17, 1883 Application filed March 3, 1883 To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. ALEXAN- DER, of East Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molds for Making Articles of Felt; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains [o to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of a machine for picking and blowing fibrous ma- I 5 terial into molds for felting, with my improved mold attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a mold for making foot-wear, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same. 7

1 Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 2o spending parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to molds for shaping the bats in manufacturing felt goods before felting them and further treating them; and it contemplates certain improvements in 2 5 V the. mold for which Letters Patent were granted to me June 13, 1882, No. 259,453; and it consists to that end in making the mold open at the under side and adapted to be placed before the mouth of the picker and blower, but

having the perforated top and hinged top sec tions as in my former patent, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the picker and blower, before the month of which the mold B may be placed, with its open side downward, upon a board, E, which extends from the lower edge of the mouth of the blower, and is of sufficient width to have room upon its surface for the entire 0 mold. The mold B is of the same outline form as the article to be manufactured, and consists of a frame or downward-bent flange, O, the upper edges of which are connected and covered by a top of perforated sheet metal or wirecloth, D, provided with hinged top sections,

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E, in the same manner as in my former patent.

To support these hinged top sections I pivot short notched arms G upon the sides of the flanges G, the notches upon the edge of which are engaged by laterally-projecting lugs upon the sides of the hinged top sections, so that the latter may be supported at any angle desired.

It will be seen that by having the mold open at the bottom it may be placed in front of the mouth of the blower, the board F serving as bottom for the mold, and it may be lifted up from the board when filled, the bat removed, and the mold set in place again, ready to be filled, in a moment of time, there being no separate parts of the moldto betaken apart and put together for every filling of the same.

It will also be seen that by having the notched arms engaging the laterallyprojecting lugs the hinged top sections may be adjusted at any angle, regulating the exit of the blast, and stopping and deflecting the lint and short hair, which may be blown out through the perforated top.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesv I The herein-described mold for making articles of felt, open at the bottom, and consisting of the frame or flange O, shaped to the form of the article to be made, the perforated top D, the hinged top sections, E, having the laterallyprojecting lugs upon their sides, and the notched arms G, hinged upon the sides of the frame, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL G. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

E. EVERETT J OHNSON, WILLIAM R. KENDRIOKS. 

